Ankle-supporting shoe.



No. 757,816. PATENTED APR. 19, 1904. G. KRIEGBR.

ANKLE SUPPORTING SHOE.

uPmcATIoN FILED Dnc. 2e. 190s.

N0 MODEL.

l No. 757,816.

' i UNITED STATES Patented Apriiile, 1904. I

PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVUS KRIEGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ANKLE-SUPPORTING SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 757,816, dated April 19, 1904.

Application iiled December 29, 1903. Serial NO- 187,045. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAvUs KRIEGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ankle-Supporting Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ankle supporting shoes designed particularly for childrens shoes, but applicable to shoes of any size, and has for its object to provide a novel construction of corset to be secured on the interior of the shoe and to secure the corset in the shoe in a novel manner.

In order that the invention may be thoroughly understood, I have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View showing the corset removed from the shoe and also showing its lower edge portion bent inward and secured to a shank-piece or heel-sole. Fig. 2 is a view showing the corset iiattened out, and Fig. 3 is aview in sectional elevation of a shoe provided with my invention.

Referring to the drawings, the corset as a whole is shown to be composed of two similar parts 4 5, stitched together at their edges, as indicated at 6. The parts 4 5 are of any preferred material, but preferably of softleather, such as kid. On the outer side of each part4 5 I secure a relatively stiff piece of leather 7, the same being effected by means of four rows of stitching 8, extending through the piece of leather 7 and the soft leather pieces 4 and 5, respectively, and extending from top to bottom of said pieces 7, the stitching in each half of the corset being arranged in two parallel rows, as shown, located near the outer sides of the piece 8, the space between the two rows of stitching at each side of the part 8 affording a space or pocket 9, in which a suitable stiffener 10, such aswhalebone or steel, may be inserted. It will thus be seen that the stifteners 10 are located one at each side of each half of the corset. In the central portion of each piece 8 in the space between the two parallel rows of stitching I provide a circular aperture 11 by cutting away the material of the piece 8. It will be understood that the soft leather of the corset extends over this opening, and it will be apparent that the purpose of providing these apertures 11 is to afford room for the play of the ankle-bones.

An important feature of the invention relates to the manner of securing the corset within the shoe, and my aim is to effect this in such manner that the interior of the shoe shall be perfectly smooth and all projections which would tend to irritate the foot are avoided, and it is especially my aim to secure the corset in the shoe in such manner that the lower edges of the stiffener shall lie below the plane of the sock-sole of the shoe, and thereby I prevent the corners or edges of the stiffener from rubbing against and consequently irritating the foot. To this end, as shown by Fig. 1,l

I turn the lower edge portion of the corset inward and tack or otherwise secure such edge portion to the under side of a shank-piece or heel-sole 12. The corset thus secured to the heel-sole is then inserted in the shoe, its upper edgebeing inserted beneath the flap 13 of the upper and its forward edge portions beneath the front flap 14 of the upper, and the corset as a whole is secured in place in the shoe by securing the heel-sole 12 to the sole of the shoe and by passing the ordinary eyelets 15 of the shoe through the portions 16 of the leather sections 4 5, which project beyond the forward edges of the stiff leather pieces 8. The upper flap 13 may also be pasted to the inner side of the corset. The inner sock-sole 17 may now be placed in the shoe, and from an inspection of Fig. 3 it will be apparent that by securing the lower edge portion of the corset to the heel-sole in the manner described the lower ends of the stiff- Aeners land the lower edge portion ofthe stiffleather pieces 8 will be drawn well downm say to about the plane of the bottom edge of the heel-sole 12-so that when the sock-sole 17 is placed in position in the shoe, the said lower edges of the stiff leather pieces8 and the bottom ends of the stilfeners 10 will lie below the plane of the sock-sole and will be held in such position, so that there will be no sharp projections to rub against the foot. The soft leather pieces 4 and 5 are smoothly finished on their inner sides which come next to the IOO foot of the wearer, and a perfectly smooth interior to the shoe-is provided, r It will Vbe v seen that by providing a relatively wide space between the vstifeners at each side of the corset I avoid having the stieners 10 pass over the projecting ankle-bones at each side of the foot, and, further, by cutting away thev central portion of the stiff pieces 8 I further provide against any undue pressure upon the ankle-bones. The stiff leather'pieces 8,'while they will not exert pressure to an uncomfortable degree upon the bones of the ankle, are still of sueient stiffness to compensate for the lack of stiifeners 10 at the central portion of each side of the corset. A corset-shoe as thus constructed may be worn with scarcely any-less convenience than would attend'the wearing of an ordinary shoe, while at the same time the ankle will be supported tothe necessary extent. The construction adopted also enables me to secure the corset in the shoe in such manner as to render its presence unnoticeable.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 25 Letters Patent, isWM A A 1; Inan ankle-supporting shoe,a shank-piece or heel-sole, a corset comprising flexible material having stiifener-strips associated therewith, the said flexible material having its lower 3Q edge portion turned inward on the line of the lower ends of said strips and secured to the under side of said heel-sole.

2. In an ankle-supporting shoe, a shank-piece or heel-sole secured to the sole of the shoe, a 3 5 corset having its lower edge portion bent inward and secured to the under side of said heelsole and its front edge portion secured to the shoe by the ordinary lacing-eyelets of the shoe, and an inner sole placed over said h'eel- 40 sole. L

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 

